Business Certificate - Unplugged
Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11
Apply to: Swift Current
Prerequisites:
Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B; computer experience using a Windows application is recommended
Description:
Various technology enhancements and web-based applications have been added to the program at Great Plains College to enrich the learning experience of students. The "unplugged" approach, using wireless access, will prepare graduates for the emerging technologies and web-based tools they will use as they embark on their careers. Students may also study on a part-time basis.
Some exciting features are: new laptop computers for full-time students to use throughout the program; wireless internet access; on-line access to lectures and assignments; on-line access to study aids, resources and supports; classroom technology enhancements, including the SMART Board interactive whiteboard; web-based resources; web-conferencing.
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ACCT 122Business - ACCT 122Business Certificate - UnpluggedIntroductory Financial Accounting ILocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30-10:30 am Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting designed to provide you with accounting skills to handle business transactions. The course will include bookkeeping techniques, accounting for a merchandising concern and an introduction to accounting for current assets. You will acquire these skills through a combination of lecture material, in class demonstrations, reading assignments, and practical exercises and problems. ACCT 122 is a companion to ACCT 125 (Introductory Financial Accounting II), which continues the study of basic financial accounting. | 31-Aug-10 |
ADMN 126Business - ADMN 126Business Certificate - UnpluggedIntroduction to ManagementLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: Monday, Thursday 1-3 pm Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:You will be provided with an overview of the development of management theory and practices. The course content includes organizing, planning, leading, controlling, and focuses on decisions in different types of environments. | 31-Aug-10 |
BCOM 120Business - BCOM 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedBusiness Communications ILocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: Tuesday 8:30-10:30 am Wednesday 10:45-12 noon Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:You will study the principles of communication. The course content includes development of effective writing skills. You will apply the principles and skills by writing letters and memorandums for both routine and negative purposes. You will examine ways to apply communication skills to team and cross-cultural situations. | 31-Aug-10 |
COAP 137Business - COAP 137Business Certificate - UnpluggedIntroduction to Simply AccountingLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:ACCT 122, Minimum Grade: 60 Description:You will learn how to use a computerized accounting software package. Your studies will focus on self-guided exercises using the general, payables, receivables, and inventory ledgers. | 31-Aug-10 |
COMP 120Business - COMP 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedInformation Systems ILocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:Your studies will focus on the practical use of Microsoft Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint (presentation), and Access (database) software. You will be introduced to computer concepts including hardware, software, network basics, file management, and Internet technology. | 31-Aug-10 |
ECON 120Business - ECON 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedMicro EconomicsLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBA Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:Your studies will focus on how production and consumption decisions are made in a market economy. You will learn to analyze supply and demand, cost, price determination, response to price changes, and income distribution. | 31-Aug-10 |
FIN 120Business - FIN 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedMathematics of FinanceLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBA Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:You will deal with commercial problems involving simple interest, discounts and markups, partial payments, and commuting a series of obligations. You will also solve a wide variety of problems involving compound interest, ordinary annuities, amortization of debt, sinking funds, and valuation of bonds. | 31-Aug-10 |
ACCT 125Business - ACCT 125Business Certificate - UnpluggedIntroductory Accounting IILocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:ACCT 122, Minimum Grade: 60 Description:Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting building on the skills you learned in ACCT 122 (Introductory Financial Accounting I). You will study accounting for payroll and accounting for other assets and liabilities. The course covers accounting for capital assets, liabilities, partnerships, and corporations. You will acquire these skills through a combination of lecture material, in-class demonstrations, reading assignments, and practical exercises and problems. | 31-Aug-10 |
BCOM 121Business - BCOM 121Business Certificate - UnpluggedBusiness Communications IILocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:BCOM 120, Minimum Grade: 60 Description:You will continue to develop effective business writing skills. The course focuses on writing business reports in both informal and formal styles. In addition, classroom study and experience will prepare you for a business career by developing your presentation skills. | 31-Aug-10 |
ECON 121Business - ECON 121Business Certificate - UnpluggedMacro EconomicsLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Econ 120, Minimum Grade: 60 Description:This course is designed to familiarize you with how an economy is analyzed and how economic policy is used to prevent or ameliorate potential economic problems faced by modern economies. Your studies will focus on national income accounting, consumption and saving, government spending and taxation, interest rates and investment, the role of money and the banking system, and foreign trade. | 31-Aug-10 |
HR 120Business - HR 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedIntroduction to Human Resource ManagementLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:Your studies will focus on an overview of human resource management and practices. You will learn the impact of systems analysis, job analysis, recruiting processes, performance appraisals, and unions. | 31-Aug-10 |
MKTG 120Business - MKTG 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedMarketingLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:You will discover the dynamic field of marketing. You will explore what marketing is, how it works, and the effect it can have on consumers and on society. At the end of the course, you should have a strong sense of how to market yourself, your skills, your ideas as well as more traditional products and services. Marketing concepts you will learn include: the strategic marketing planning process, segmentation, positioning, forecasting, consumer behavior, and the marketing mix. This introductory course will provide you with a strong foundation should you choose more specialized study within the field of marketing. | 31-Aug-10 |
STAT 120Business - STAT 120Business Certificate - UnpluggedStatisticsLocation: Swift Current Mode: Classroom Date: 31-Aug-10 to 29-Apr-11 Schedule: TBD Apply to: Swift Current Prerequisites:Saskatchewan Grade 12, with Math 30A & Math 30B. Computer experience using a Windows application is recommended. Description:You will be introduced to the elements of statistics used in business. The course content includes frequency distribution, measure of central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions (discrete and continuous), sampling, sampling distributions, estimations, regressions, correlation and elementary hypothesis testing. | 31-Aug-10 |
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